Synonyms of sequestered

sequestered 1 of 2

adjective

as in isolated

Related Words

• isolated
• secluded
• retired
• apart
• outlying
• nowhere
• out-of-the-way
• secret
• obscure
• lonesome
• odd
• distant
• devious
• remote
• away
• removed
• far-off
• far-flung
• deep

Dissimilar Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• adjoining
• close
• near
• nearby
• nigh

sequestered

2 of 2

verb

past tense of sequester

1

as in separated

to set or keep apart from others

sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• isolated
• separated
• segregated
• removed
• insulated
• restrained
• confined
• secluded
• quarantined
• cut off
• kept
• incarcerated
• restricted
• detached
• interned
• held
• jailed
• abstracted
• locked (up)
• immured
• disengaged
• detained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrated
• connected
• associated
• linked
• joined
• reintegrated
• united
• assimilated
• desegregated
• liberated
• released
• discharged
• freed
• loosed

2

as in confiscated

to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority

police found and sequestered several illegal weapons

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confiscated
• attached
• expropriated
• usurped
• seized
• appropriated
• preempted
• commandeered
• garnisheed
• arrogated
• took over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rendered
• released
• delivered
• forfeited
• yielded
• surrendered
• turned over
• gave up
• ceded
• relinquished
• handed over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sequestered

Adjective

Big Brother 4 The first season with a sequestered jury (sorry, Danielle Reyes), Big Brother 4 was also the first installment in which players with a history outside of the house played together. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026

The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026

In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025

That sentiment is front and center in The Fence, a sequestered and highly theatrical drama set on an African construction site that feels much more like a colonial outpost. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025

Verb

Since it was sequestered, Tuscan taxpayers have paid more than $15 million for the skeleton crew, some of whom are British and others Russian, which switches out several times a year, according to local press reports. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

For most of Oscar history, documentaries have been sequestered to the best documentary category. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026

In bogs, history is sequestered and suspended in time, but can be revealed at any moment, just as layers of peat can be uncovered. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

While Atlanta’s luxury hotels are mainly sequestered to corporate Midtown and Buckhead, Forth’s arrival in Old Fourth Ward brings an exciting luxurious element to the neighborhood. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

As atmospheric carbon rises to levels beyond precedent in human history and consequently raises the global temperature to levels unprecedented on the human scale, the importance of places where carbon is sequestered becomes ever greater. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2026

Special Forces sees a group of celebrities competing in military-style challenges while sequestered in the Malaysian jungle. — Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2026

The money was nominally to pay civil servants and prop up infrastructure in a territory sequestered by an Israeli blockade, but many observers agreed that Hamas diverted a significant sum to its military wing. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

In contrast, heavy metals are sequestered by proteins such as metallothioneins or accumulate in bony tissues. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026